Against the Loveless World: A Novel -

Susan Abulhawa

Atria Books

2020

381 páginas

12h 42m

ISBN-10: B07Z449FLM

2020 Palestine Book Awards Winner
2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist

“Susan Abulhawa possesses the heart of a warrior; she looks into the darkest crevices of lives, conflicts, horrendous injustices, and dares to shine light that can illuminate hidden worlds for us.” —Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize–winning author

In this “beautiful...urgent” novel (The New York Times), Nahr, a young Palestinian woman, fights for a better life for her family as she travels as a refugee throughout the Middle East.

As Nahr sits, locked away in solitary confinement, she spends her days reflecting on the dramatic events that landed her in prison in a country she barely knows. Born in Kuwait in the 70s to Palestinian refugees, she dreamed of falling in love with the perfect man, raising children, and possibly opening her own beauty salon. Instead, the man she thinks she loves jilts her after a brief marriage, her family teeters on the brink of poverty, she’s forced to prostitute herself, and the US invasion of Iraq makes her a refugee, as her parents had been. After trekking through another temporary home in Jordan, she lands in Palestine, where she finally makes a home, falls in love, and her destiny unfolds under Israeli occupation. Nahr’s subversive humor and moral ambiguity will resonate with fans of My Sister, The Serial Killer, and her dark, contemporary struggle places her as the perfect sister to Carmen Maria Machado’s Her Body and Other Parties.

Written with Susan Abulhawa’s distinctive “richly detailed, beautiful, and resonant” (Publishers Weekly) prose, this powerful novel presents a searing, darkly funny, and wholly unique portrait of a Palestinian woman who refuses to be a victim.

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Li Against the Loveless World a alguns meses, mas volta e meia me pego pensando nele de novo.
O livro conta a vida de Nahr, uma mulher palestina nascida no Kuwait, e tudo que ela enfrenta: o abandono do marido, as dificuldades financeiras que a levam à prostituição, a invasão do Kuwait e, depois, sua jornada como refugiada. Apesar de tudo, Nahr encontra um lar na Palestina e até o amor, mas o caminho até lá é cheio de dor e desafios.

A história é simplesmente incrível. Eu me encantei por Nahr, pela força e resiliência dela. Passei o livro inteiro torcendo para que ela encontrasse a vida que tanto sonhava e merecia. Quando terminei, estava aos prantos. Apesar de ser uma ficção, o livro retrata e narra injustiças que são verídicas e que ainda acontecem na Palestina até hoje. É um livro que me tocou profundamente e se tornou um dos meus favoritos. Recomendo demais